Glajcha
SYNOPSIS
SINOPSE
Glajcha (topping out) is a tradition marking the moment a building construction reaches its highest point, when a ribboned tree is raised atop the roof truss. A guerrilla-style intervention takes us onto a construction site, where reality collides with polished architectural visualizations of a new residential district. A jovial real estate agent sells visions of home within a speculative property market, exposing the tension between lived reality and its carefully constructed, market-driven image.
BIOGRAPHY
BIOGRAFIA
Oskar Helcel (1995) is an audiovisual artist, photographer, and performer. He studied photography at FAMU in the studios of Markéta Kinterová and Hynek Alt. He has had several solo and group exhibitions (e.g., Golden Delicious, etc. Gallery, 2025; Background for Reflection, Hraničář Public Hall, Ústí nad Labem; PAF Other Visions, Galerie XY, 2022 and 2023; Glajcha, Josef Sudek Studio, 2022; Flow Building, Jelení Gallery, Prague, 2020). He received an honorable mention in the European competition for artistic diploma projects, the START POINT Prize 2020. He is a co-founder and active member of the theater group Akolektiv Helmut. He is part of the Futures Photography Talents platform. In 2024, he became one of the laureates of the Jindřich Chalupecký Award, and the following year he completed an internship as part of the Residency Unlimited program in New York.
Video Essays
Grounds for Speculation
Oskar Helcel
Czechia
2022
EXP.
12'
EN
